Brasidas
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Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T607011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brasidas Context triple: [Peloponnesian War, notableCommander, Brasidas]
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A.
Miltiades the Younger
Miltiades the Younger was an Athenian general best known for leading the Greek forces to victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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B.
Iphicrates
Iphicrates was a renowned 4th-century BCE Athenian general celebrated for his innovative military reforms, particularly in the equipment and tactics of Greek light infantry.
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C.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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D.
Cimon
Cimon was a prominent 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general who played a key role in expanding Athenian power during the early years of the Delian League.
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E.
Agesilaus
"Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brasidas Target entity description: Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
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A.
Miltiades the Younger
Miltiades the Younger was an Athenian general best known for leading the Greek forces to victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
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B.
Iphicrates
Iphicrates was a renowned 4th-century BCE Athenian general celebrated for his innovative military reforms, particularly in the equipment and tactics of Greek light infantry.
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C.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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D.
Cimon
Cimon was a prominent 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general who played a key role in expanding Athenian power during the early years of the Delian League.
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E.
Agesilaus
"Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spartan general
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ancient Greek person ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| alliance | Sparta ⓘ |
| citizenship | Sparta ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Amphipolis
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Battle of Pylos ⓘ Battle of Sphacteria ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Pylos
campaign in Thrace ⓘ |
| deathCause | wounds in battle ⓘ |
| deathDateApproximate | 422 BCE ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Thucydides ⓘ |
| diedIn | Amphipolis ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spartans ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRole | key Spartan commander in early Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Spartan land operations during the Peloponnesian War
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bold military tactics ⓘ skillful campaigns in northern Greece ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
honored as a hero at Amphipolis
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seen as a counterweight to Athenian leaders like Cleon ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Spartan army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
capturing Amphipolis
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encouraging revolts of Athenian allies ⓘ |
| opponent |
Athens
ⓘ
Cleon ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Peloponnese
ⓘ
northern Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Greece
|
| reputation |
brave
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charismatic leader ⓘ energetic ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Peloponnesian League ⓘ |
| strategicRegionOfOperations |
Chalcidice
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Brasidas Description of subject: Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.